AI-Powered Assortment Planning for Retail Growth

Couture.ai’s Assortment Planning engine analyzes demand signals, customer behavior, store profiles, and inventory constraints to recommend the most profitable SKU combinations across regions, channels, and store formats – as part of the AI Merchandising System.

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Why Assortment Planning Is Broken

Traditional assortment planning relies on:

Incomplete demand visibility
Static historical trends
Manual category reviews
Store clusters that don’t reflect real behavior
Disconnected forecasting & replenishment

The result? Overstocked SKUs, missing top-performers, and reduced profitability.

AI fixes this by understanding real customer demand – not assumptions – and generating store-level assortments automatically.

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How AI Assortment Planning Works

Couture.ai evaluates millions of real-time signals across sales, trends, seasonality, store traffic, customer segments, and inventory constraints.
Through the MCP Unified Intelligence Layer, assortment planning becomes:

Data-driven

Powered by demand, price elasticity, and purchase patterns

Store-specific

Tailored recommendations for every store format

Adaptive

Learns from new sales, promotions, and trends continuously

Connected

Feeds directly into forecasting and replenishment workflows

AI enables retailers to build assortments that perform – not just assortments that look correct on paper.

Core Capabilities

Predictive Assortment Modeling

Generate AI-driven assortment configurations based on customer demand, sales velocity, seasonality, and constraints.

Store-Level Assortment Recommendations

Deliver precise SKU mix recommendations for each store or region to maximize availability and sales.

Demand-Aligned SKU Mix Optimization

Match assortments to evolving trends and predicted demand, ensuring every SKU is selected intentionally.

Category & Space-Aware Planning

Optimize SKUs based on available shelf space, planograms, and category strategies.

Attribute-Level Insights

Use GenAI-powered product attributes and demand signals to improve decisions on style, color, size, pack size, and more.

Elasticity & Promotion Sensitivity

Understand how pricing and promotions affect category-level demand to refine assortment decisions.

Proven Impact at Scale

AI transforms assortment planning into a continuous, intelligent process.

10–20%
Uplift in category sales
AI-optimized assortments drive higher revenue per category.
20–40%
Lower excess inventory & markdowns
Optimized replenishment minimizes overstock risks.
Up to 30%
Reduction in low-performing SKUs
Automated SKU rationalization improves assortment health.
40% faster
NPI success rates
Predictive insights accelerate new product introductions.

AI-Driven Retail Synergy: Mastering Adaptive Assortments and Collaborative Planning

Synchronize retail teams and vendors with AI insights to optimize assortments and maximize profitable sales.

Improved Collaboration Across Retailers & Vendors

Enable CPGs, vendors, and retail planning teams to collaborate seamlessly with shared AI-driven insights.

  • AI-Backed Category Recommendations: Optimize category performance with actionable, AI-driven recommendations.
  • Inventory & Space Awareness: Align assortments with store layouts, shelf constraints, and inventory health.
  • Collaborative Planning Tools: Support joint business planning and vendor collaboration using real-time assortment intelligence.

Optimizing SKU Mix for Higher Sales & Faster Product Launches

Accelerate new product introductions and ensure the right SKUs reach the right stores at the right time.

AI-Driven Adaptive Assortment Management

Assortments evolve – your planning should too.

Part of Store Planning & Execution

Assortment Planning works seamlessly with Couture.ai's AI Merchandising System

Assortment Planning

Optimize product mix based on predicted demand patterns and local preferences.

  • Localized assortments
  • Seasonal product optimization
  • New product introduction forecasting

Smart Replenishment

Automated restocking with AI-driven order quantities and timing.

  • Dynamic safety stock
  • Lead time optimization
  • Cross-docking coordination

Pricing & Markdown Optimization

Dynamic pricing strategies based on demand forecasts and expiration dates.

  • Perishables markdown automation
  • Competitive price positioning
  • Promotional effectiveness tracking
A unified system that ensures SKU mix, supply, and pricing stay aligned throughout the merchandising lifecycle.

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